Argentina is the main favorite to qualify in the next round, in group B where they will play against today’s rival, current champion Uruguay and Jamaica who gets special invitation for this competition. The second team from this group will play against leader from Group C, so the main goal for Argentina is to finish the group phase at the first position and avoid the clash against last year World Cup host Brazil. Runners-up in last year’s World Cup final have invited all important players for this competition such as Leo Messi, Carlos Tevez, Gonzalo Higuain, Angel di Maria and Sergio Aguero, and for many bookies they are the main candidates to lift the trophy. In the last test match before Copa América started, they played friendly against Bolivia few days ago and smashed them 5-0.

Paraguay played three preparation matches for this competition, but they failed to win. Mexico beat them 1-0, while draws were played out against Costa Rica and Honduras. They failed to qualify on the previous World Cup 2014, so for their coach Ramon Diaz this tournament could be an experiment to see which players he should select in the qualifications for the next World Cup in Russia 2018. Without any doubt, Paraguay side are underdogs in this match, but they will do their best to make good performance against very strong Argentinians.